Thomas Lennox Frederick

Thomas Lennox Frederick (25 March 1750-7 October 1799) was a Rear Admiral of the Red of the Royal Navy of Great Britain during the American Revolutionary War and French Revolutionary Wars.

Biography
Thomas Lennox Frederick was born in St. George's in Hanover Square, London, England in 1750. His father was MP Sir Charles Frederick and his mother Lucy Boscawen. In 1768, Frederick started his naval career in the Royal Navy under Peter Parker, and in October 1776 he was made the captain of HMS Spy, serving as captain of HMS Swift, HMS Fairy, and HMS Unicorn during the American Revolutionary War. On 4 September 1780 he was captured off Tortuga by a French privateer, but a court-martial failed due to his honorable fight and he was made the captain of 44-gun frigate HMS Diomede.

In 1782, Frederick won the Battle of the Delaware Capes against the infant US Navy during the war. In the French Revolutionary Wars (1792-1800), he fought at the siege of Toulon, Battle of Genoa, and the famous Battle of Cape St. Vincent. He died in 1799 in Nottingham Palace after returning to London in 1798.